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Table 1 Effect of different phytohormone concentrations on shoot regeneration of Nothapodytes nimmoniana on Woody Plant Medium (WPM) fortified with different concentrations of kinetin (Kn), thidiazuron (TDZ) and benzylaminopurine (BAP)

From: Metabolic and transcriptional analyses in response to potent inhibitors establish MEP pathway as major route for camptothecin biosynthesis in Nothapodytes nimmoniana (Graham) Mabb

Woody Medium + growth regulator

Percentage of explants producing shoots

Average number of shoots per explants*

Kn

TDZ

BAP

4.64 × 10−6 M

–

–

43

4.25 ± 0.62f

9.29 × 10− 6 M

–

–

50

6.5 ± 0.64d

13.93 × 10− 6 M

–

–

56

6.33 ± 0.61d

18.58 × 10− 6 M

–

–

47

5.2 ± 0.37e

–

4.54 × 10− 6 M

–

60

8.7 ± 0.85c

–

9.08 × 10− 6 M

–

65

9.8 ± 0.60a

–

13.62 × 10− 6 M

–

63

8.8 ± 0.58b,c

–

–

4.439 × 10− 6 M

45

6.25 ± 0.75d

–

–

8.879 × 10− 6 M

52

7.66 ± 0.55c,d

–

–

13.319 × 10− 6 M

61

8.2 ± 0.70b,c

–

–

17.758 × 10− 6 M

54

8.5 ± 0.64b,c

  1. *Values followed by same letters are not significantly different (P ≤ 0.05) as per Duncan’s multiple range test